Telegram-herald., 1887-11-27

ConssdsEiaz tbAt. ia The language Of
gsuiaL Tosn Carroll. i i nea 2seas tsa
yeazssnes. / sas ca ssrLhs iuazusgea =
sse considerable of Gsand Rapids en-
Thsn ksssYinx DAY. / took ia t4s t0wns
80 - seeak. thoroughly bat very mildly
Ana ialss.ols-y and fI3n Pgrs.y 1A4aat-
gean All slza'eysn ulotisss ss-ia the IA
tarssls - morally and > ace. aaa nze
shs Bsse1.es afst BiEa.ess a tAs 1eAtFs
ts ascertain for 1ny irsods-sif sTerg tEla<
zez au rizAsH As = sute il Sser1e1 - ss.
A ls4sl i szs "a right froa ths stand
points u those most Dusily sakassd z
essebFatlag tl1s lestal occasion, bat ~ e1-
plorstlons al inlersSls resulted "a dsuos-
sriss WhicA would L2Fe ssea alE1iy
--saocking' 10 professional m0fzllzers. aud
uEsoDhislIeslea sgsy sE-nonss.
First Of all ase hp ny mind thai hu-
nan nature lad not changed maeh--not =
angle BIZ ia stFict point Of faet-in The past
ten years. To tel the plaia, honest truth
] don't believe that human nature has
charged a single bit IN the last ~ OJ0 years.
Human aztsTs always Las ose1 snd AlN-ss
snd dou5tisss DO differ according 10 genera
tion, locality ana circumstances. but II Is
slways the self-seme man. only YESTERDAY
ne wore one set OF garment. aud today he
dons another. The mzzquesadss are nuInsr-
Gus. The mantle nature-Only one IN
tals Disguise ne appears d more aaE4ntAge
In HAT one % ioss-While IN reality he
remains unchanged. aid Is neither worse
nor better 10 tie year OF our Lerd 1907 3
seen in all OF his extravaganza OF InEnks-
giving rlos and demonstration, than he was
ia Ch4lde2n feasung balls, or al Bzoyionian
orgies or the guest a. Persian banques,
where. in tue place OF the God bless our
nome" OF these proud Christian days they
hung upon their inner and their outward
walls that cynic's legead. Eat dnnk and
be merry, for tomorf0w We die
| i also convinced myself, II i had ever
any doubts upon the subject. that the dem
onstrations and extrayagance-the hilarity
and wassail-are not confined 10 any one
age. or class. or condition, or even TO one
sex. The "boys that encountered ranged
anywhere from 10 TO 90, with skirmisners
outside of both of these main lines OF bat
/ tie. IL rather struck one, too that ths e1-
tremes met, aud that each end more than
matched the middle. Ii would seem 10 De
| q curious fact that il Is not men IN their
prime who carry OF the colors on the stub
! bornly contested field of dissipation. IL Is
! when the raw recruits and the ola vets
| clash torether-when Greek enfaht meets
| Greek grand pere--tten comes the tug ol
war;" Truly, strong drink Is leveler as
| well as q mocker. Under It's all-po~eriui
| influence pride is thrown aside, caste IS for-
! gotten and all ranks meet on common
| ground--an island, so TO speak. surrounded
| by whisky. or perhaps sand bar, dry on
| one side and wet on the other, would oe
more appropriate comparison. 20 lar as
| may be specifically seen, with such sur
| roundings, the patrlcian cannot be uis
| tinguished from the plebian, the mechanic
! from the clerk, or the clerk from the eIa-
| ployer. Ii is simply so many birds OF
leather ali docking together. some feathers
| may be little liner than the others at Th'
send off," but ali speedily take on com
mon draggle. The 'bioods" Will start ou
with a demand for choicer and more expen
siye brands, y hich go to stApneslze his supe
rior condition, but his tongue soon grow'
TOO thick to articulate sounds more pTeten
tiOus than indicate plain, unvarnishet
sll-round stimuant and soon his pzlat
only burns for "more'-for something we
and some hing hot-vithout regard TO wha
tAat something is Tne boys are indeed
q band OF brothers, bound together by
fraterpal tie as light as air bat strong a
steel. the grip" is sacred IL Eot secret an
the famous password, Have something
il an Open Sesame to every heart and purse
string.